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I've been keeping an update with house prices in my signature since the start of the crash, and have now decided to change the format to show when the bottom was and how much they have risen since, with those lovely percentages too...

Of course this will have to be changed if prices fall back below the trough price.

The data shows the peak price, the price at the bottom (with percentage change) and the current price. I've added in the % change since peak so you can see if it rises above the peak price, and the % rise from the bottom.

I've added the data into a code box, so hopefully it should be easy to read:

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I've been keeping an update with house prices in my signature since the start of the crash, and have now decided to change the format to show when the bottom was and how much they have risen since, with those lovely percentages too...

Of course this will have to be changed if prices fall back below the trough price.

The data shows the peak price, the price at the bottom (with percentage change) and the current price. I've added in the % change since peak so you can see if it rises above the peak price, and the % rise from the bottom.

I've added the data into a code box, so hopefully it should be easy to read:

The Land Reg Quarter data is a raw mean average so is a bit pointless, that's why they stopped publishing it. However, it still is a good data set and can only now be found on the BBC website (see link in sig).

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The Land Reg Quarter data is a raw mean average so is a bit pointless, that's why they stopped publishing it. However, it still is a good data set and can only now be found on the BBC website (see link in sig).

I have a new moto....facts not stats. I've given up caring what the hali-wide-rightmove indexes say, the land registry is the only one worth following, the others seem flawed and are biased since they are generated by vested interest groups, so should always be taken with a pinch of salt. They are a good indicator of sentiment and stupidity though

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I have a new moto....facts not stats. I've given up caring what the hali-wide-rightmove indexes say, the land registry is the only one worth following, the others seem flawed and are biased since they are generated by vested interest groups, so should always be taken with a pinch of salt. They are a good indicator of sentiment and stupidity though

So how do we interpret this ?

We are told that lenders valuations are coming in 20% + under peak.

We are told that lenders best rates are for 60% LTV , above this the risk is reflected in a 90% LTV costing the lender 5x's more and therefore higher interest rates.

We told over and over that loan to income HAS to adjust back to being closer to its historic norm, with Fitch saying this week:

The group's head of UK residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS), Alastair Bigley, said Fitch expected unemployment to peak next year and remain elevated into 2011, a factor which would inevitably weigh on house prices.

He said that the long term average earnings to house price ratio – currently 3.5 times earnings – was not expected to increase, and as such prices needed to decline in order to meet this level.

He added: 'Despite the fact that a global economic recovery is underway, the economic fundamentals do not auger well for a sustained strong recovery in the UK housing market.

'Although households are reducing debt and increasing savings, the upfront cost of house purchase for first time buyers is likely to stifle housing demand.'

With these factors weighing, Fitch expected to see further sharp falls in house prices. The group's head of global economics and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Sovereigns, Brian Coulton, said: 'The UK's average house price to income ratio remains significantly higher than the long term average.

'A 30% fall from the peak of October 2007 would bring this ratio back in line with the long term average.' Given that prices are currently down 13% from peak, Fitch is therefore expecting a further fall of 17%.

We are told that none of the factors that contribute to a stable let alone recovering market have changed, lending is severely restricted and will be for years to come . New liquidity rules will see banks having to hold billions in gilts as a safety net whilst at the same time Lenders Need to Cut Lending by £500billion .

FTB's can't afford to enter the market , approvals are well below what is considered needed for a stable market, interest rates can only go up , so what is happening?

Is it simply that the only houses are selling are those that are selling to the cash rich prepared to pay 2007 values therefore leaving all the other properties sitting on Rightmove unsold?

Are we saying that if all the backlog of houses unsold on RM were forced to sell to people who needed a mortgage they would have to come down 30% to fall in line with the all the factors needed for a recovering market, that is recovering at pre 2001 levels pre RMBS and back to sensible loan to incomes?

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I have a new moto....facts not stats. I've given up caring what the hali-wide-rightmove indexes say, the land registry is the only one worth following, the others seem flawed and are biased since they are generated by vested interest groups, so should always be taken with a pinch of salt. They are a good indicator of sentiment and stupidity though

I think that it is interesting what the mouseprice site shows. THEY do an estimate - and show the LR figures too - for each street/house etc.

Gives a good idea what stuff is really worth in today's market, rather than relying on EA 'valuations' ( now THERE'S a broad term! ) or greedy sellers trying to outwit the market by putting their homes up, with the %age drop added on to the figure.

They must think buyers are stupid, to buy a flagrantly overpriced house

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I think that it is interesting what the mouseprice site shows. THEY do an estimate - and show the LR figures too - for each street/house etc.

Gives a good idea what stuff is really worth in today's market, rather than relying on EA 'valuations' ( now THERE'S a broad term! ) or greedy sellers trying to outwit the market by putting their homes up, with the %age drop added on to the figure.

They must think buyers are stupid, to buy a flagrantly overpriced house

....err, hang on a minute

I think it's too simplistic. I bought a run downhouse for £275000, spent a good 30k on it and it's been valued at £360000 down froma a valuation of £380000 at peak. Mouseprice has it down at £267000. We also negotiated a large chunk of it off as we agreed to pay 20% up on completion in cash as a deposit to help the old people moce to a park home. We were told, immediately, by the EA that they had been instructed to offer us £310000 for the house by a buyer eager for the house.

I'll also add that next door has been valued at £215600, which was purchased for £215000 a year ago and has been, essentially, rebuilt; new roof, new walls, new ceilings, new kitchen, bathroom, garden, etc. None of this taken into account...

None of this is plumbed in and it's simply using average house prices to calculate. Microscales will dictate that an area of low sales and massive differences in housing costs will have skews in the data. This data, realistically, is as useful as tits on a bull

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Its interesting about the land registry figures. You can look them up on their website and talior it to your local authority. Mine are supposed to be still about 17% down. Asking prices are way above it though.